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What am I? (UD5)

Postby udosuk » Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:28 pm

uuklzzluptqlfusuthxz rqqgm

The information above is dangerous, controversial and (arguably) illegal. Why?
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Postby udosuk » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:32 pm

Additional hint 1: It is (remotely) related to Barbra Streisand.

Additional hint 2: 'a' is the 1st letter of the alphabet, 'b' is the 2nd, ...
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Postby MCC » Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:47 am

I had thought it was a substitution code but need time to think about it.


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Postby udosuk » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:41 am

MCC wrote:I had thought it was a substitution code but need time to think about it.

You're on the right track.

Additional hint 3: Had David no vowels, Ray

Additional hint 4: sudoku=283879479
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Postby underquark » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:55 am

udosuk wrote:Additional hint 3: Had David no vowels, Ray
HD DVD = BluRay. A de-encryption algorithm key?
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Postby udosuk » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:28 pm

Once again I'm giving out too much with my hints.:(

Actually, HD DVD & BluRay are 2 different things.

Additional hint 5:
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Additional hint(s) 6:
udosuk = 303762485

underquark = 164135606940110

Sudoku X = 206948140215

DG Killer = 1203103484388

HD DVD = 116920534

BluRay = 35501623

G W Bush = 73552552478

Australia = 509754515788

:idea:
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Postby MCC » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:50 am

Are hints 4 & 6 related to bar code numbers:?:

Hint 5 I believe is related to DNA - the gene code.


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Postby udosuk » Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:34 pm

MCC wrote:Are hints 4 & 6 related to bar code numbers:?:

As far as I'm aware, no.

MCC wrote:Hint 5 I believe is related to DNA - the gene code.

Definitely not.

Additional hint 7: If I express the piece of information in another format, there's a chance we may not see this whole thread again. (I hope it never comes to that.)

Additional hint 8: The format of this piece of information is somehow related to a perfect game in baseball.

I wrote:Once again I'm giving out too much with my hints.:(

That was a way for me to say that underquark has (almost) got it, though not in the manner I intended. (Which was my own fault though.)

To fully solve the riddle, the solver needs to:
  • correctly name the piece of information, and include the wikipedia article if possible
  • explain the format of this information
  • explain how each hint is relevant (e.g. Streisand, the pic)
:idea:
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Postby Bigtone53 » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:41 pm

The format of this piece of information is somehow related to a perfect game in baseball.


There appears to be a hierarchy of perfect games but I guess the realistic one is no hitter getting to first base.


http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/question199.htm

Base, numbers - hmmm

27 hitters out = 26 letters and a space.
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Postby udosuk » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:18 pm

The site Bigtone53 quoted wrote:Sixteen major league perfect games have been pitched in the entire history of baseball:
  • Lee Richmond, Worchester vs. Cleveland, 1880
  • Monte Ward, Providence vs. Boston, 1880
  • Cy Young, Boston vs. Philadelphia, 1904
  • Addie Joss, Cleveland vs. Chicago, 1908
  • Charlie Robertson, Chicago vs. Detroit, 1922
  • Don Larsen, New York vs. Brooklyn, 1956
  • Jim Bunning, Philadelphia vs. New York, 1964
  • Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles vs. Chicago, 1965
  • Catfish Hunter, Oakland vs. Minnesota, 1968
  • Len Barker, Cleveland vs. Toronto, 1981
  • Mike Witt, California vs. Texas, 1984
  • Tom Browning, Cinncinati. vs Los Angeles,1988
  • Dennis Martinez, Montreal vs. Los Angeles, 1991
  • Kenny Rogers, Texas vs. California, 1994
  • David Wells, New York vs. Minnesota, 1998
  • David Cone, New York vs. Montreal, 1999
  • Randy Johnson, Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Braves, 2004
It's hard to earn a reputation as a useful information website when one can't even count black dots accurately.
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Postby udosuk » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:53 pm

Final additional hint:

Here is the same information in another format, related to the baseball players Rod Carew and Kei Igawa:
cryznxbewlrocdocfnmagqcvhs

I particularly like this one, because it can be broken into bits and pieces all with some meanings. This is extremely rare among other formats, such as:
MKUISteZFNkNbVhsBAVYsQ

which is related to poker, and:
9*H42dNJZMzX1LiLZLeZ0

which is related to the I Ching (aka the Book of Changes).

:idea:
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Postby Bigtone53 » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:27 am

Additional hint 4: sudoku=283879479


and bigtone is 908106206
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Postby udosuk » Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:54 pm

underquark wrote:HD DVD = BluRay. A de-encryption algorithm key?

Bigtone53 wrote:Base, numbers - hmmm
27 hitters out = 26 letters and a space.
...and bigtone is 908106206

Actually, these guys together almost got it. But nobody has done these 2 things I listed:
I wrote:
  • correctly name the piece of information, and include the wikipedia article if possible
  • explain how each hint is relevant (e.g. Streisand, the pic)
I suppose doing base conversions on a 38-digit decimal-base integer can pose as a difficulty for some...:?:
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Postby udosuk » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:44 am

Time for closure.
I wrote:To fully solve the riddle, the solver needs to:
  • correctly name the piece of information, and include the wikipedia article if possible
  • explain the format of this information
  • explain how each hint is relevant (e.g. Streisand, the pic)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACS_encryption_key_controversy

I wrote:uuklzzluptqlfusuthxz rqqgm
It is a base-27 representation of that particular key, with space=0, a=1, b=2, ..., z=26 as the "digits".

I wrote:Additional hint 1: It is (remotely) related to Barbra Streisand.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

I wrote:Additional hint 2: 'a' is the 1st letter of the alphabet, 'b' is the 2nd, ...
See above.

I wrote:Additional hint 3: Had David no vowels, Ray
HD DVDs & Blu-Ray Discs are the main topic here.

I wrote:Additional hint 4: sudoku=283879479
An example of a base-27 to decimal base conversion.

It's a version of the Free Speech Flag.

I wrote:Additional hint(s) 6: ...
More examples of base-27 to decimal base conversions. Note that all letters are case-insensitive.

I wrote:Additional hint 7: If I express the piece of information in another format, there's a chance we may not see this whole thread again. (I hope it never comes to that.)
Check the AACS wikipedia link above. On hindsight I don't think it's that likely a scenario.

I wrote:Additional hint 8: The format of this piece of information is somehow related to a perfect game in baseball.
As Bigtone pointed out, a perfect game involves the number 27. Also, baseball is a hint to the word "base".

I wrote:Final additional hint:

Here is the same information in another format, related to the baseball players Rod Carew and Kei Igawa:
cryznxbewlrocdocfnmagqcvhs

I particularly like this one, because it can be broken into bits and pieces all with some meanings. This is extremely rare among other formats, such as:
MKUISteZFNkNbVhsBAVYsQ

which is related to poker, and:
9*H42dNJZMzX1LiLZLeZ0

which is related to the I Ching (aka the Book of Changes).
They're base-29, base-52 & base-64 representations respectively.
(#29 is the jersey number of Carew & Igawa, in poker a deck has 52 cards, and I Ching is the study of the 64 hexagrams.)

In the base-29 representation again a=1, b=2, ..., z=26. Amazingly the "digits" 0, 27 & 28 don't appear here, and all the letters form groups of meaningful jargons.

In the base-52 representation A=0, B=1, ..., Z=25, a=26, b=27, ..., z=51.

In the base-64 representation 0=0, 1=1, ..., 9=9, A=10, B=11, ..., Z=35, a=36, b=37, ..., z=61, *=62, #=63 (all the symbols from your mobile phone keypad).
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